Brief Mindfulness-Based Self-Care Curriculum for an Inter-professional Group of Palliative Care Providers
Published in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Podgurski et al. develop and assess a 5-hour mindfulness-based intervention targeting an inter-professional group of palliative care providers within the regular workday schedule. After five monthly 1-hour sessions, participants reported high overall satisfaction and showed significant improvements in mindfulness levels (3 of 5 subscales) and burnout scores (1 of 3 subscales) and increased frequency of self-reported informal and formal practice. Post-hoc narrative evaluation also shows high retention of concepts. Participants requested more frequent sessions and adaptation to usual schedule as necessary.
Topics:
Organizational Strategies, Practice Environment
Tags:
Physician, Student/Trainee